Amanda H. Hellman

The Making of Museums in Nigeria

Kenneth C. Murray and Heritage Preservation in Colonial West Africa

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an in-depth look at the early history of museums in Nigeria through the letters of Kenneth C. Murray, Bernard E.B. Fagg, and Edward H. Duckworth, uncovering the early efforts to preserve cultural heritage, repatriate stolen art, and build institutions that would define a nation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781666912678
• ISBN-10: 1666912670
• Artikelnr.: 68175590

Autorenporträt

By Amanda H. Hellman

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: K.C. Murray and E.H. Duckworth Find Their Blue Ocean
Chapter 2: A Case for a Nigerian Antiquities Department
Chapter 3: Never Enough Surveys
Chapter 4: The Guiding Mission of the Antiquities Department
Chapter 5: Building National Museums
Chapter 6: Building Regional Museums
Chapter 7: The Independence Decade
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author